Research Grants Schemes Under the Ministry of Education

Tajuddin A.Rashid

Coordinator Research Management Centre

APU Research Colloquium 9th May,2014

RESEARCH EVOLUTION

Fundamental Applied Industrial

Design Pre-

Comm Development

Business Venture

Post- Comm

Development of New Knowledge

Development of New

Technologies

Development of New Products

ERGS

MOHE MOSTI, , etc.

KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY (RMK-10)

*PRGS FRGS / LRGS/ PRGS

Market Test

Research Funds

FRGS

ERGS

LRGS

PRGS

• Research which produces new theory, concept and idea • Answer questions relating to “WHY?” and “HOW?” • Ceiling per project is RM250000

• Findings can be expanded to project which is applied in nature • Answer questions relating to “WHAT?” and “WHERE?”. • Currently , this scheme is not offered.

• Fundamental research which require an implementation period of more than 3 years • For 2011, ceiling per program is RM3 million per year Involve Multi Institution, Multi Diciplines

• Prototype Development Research Grant Scheme (PRGS) • Development of research product prior to commercialisation stage • Ceiling per project is RM500,000. Must be based on FRGS output

FUND

YEAR

FRGS

(RM)

ERGS

(RM)

LRGS

(RM)

PRGS

(RM)

2011 81mill 25 mill 45 mill 11 mill

2012 219 mill 68 mill 121 mill 30 mill

TOTAL 300 mill 93 mill 166 mill 41 mill

BREAKDOWN OF RESEARCH GRANTS

Eligibility For FRGS Application

Eligibility For Application

Cluster and Sub-clusters

Cluster and Sub-clusters

Cluster and Sub-clusters

Cluster and Sub-clusters

Malaysian Greater Research Network System MyGRANTS

Go to http://mygrants.gov.my/ Figure 1: MyGrant Homepage iii. Fill in the fields, Username, Full Name and your desired password. After filling in the required information, click on Next to proceed further.

MyGrants Registering Your Account

Registering your account In order to create and view application, you need to create your own account.

1. Go to http://mygrants.gov.my/

Figure 1: MyGrant Homepage iii. Fill in the fields, Username, Full Name and your desired password. After filling in the required information, click on Next to proceed further.

2. Click “Sign Up Now”

MyGrants Registering Your Account

Researcher Registration

RMC Approval

Researcher Update Profile

RMC Submit Applications To

Evaluation Panel

Evaluation Panel Accept or Reject the

Application

Evaluation Panel Review, Request

For Improvements

RMC Submits Applications

To MOHE

Researcher RMC EVALUATION PANEL

Over all MyGrants Application Process

Project Leader Submits Online

Grant Application

1. After approval, you can login into your Researcher account. 2. Click at Researcher Profile Icon to key in information – Personal Info, Publication, etc.

Click Researcher Profile To Key In Researcher Information

MyGrants Registering Your Account

Executive Summary

Research Background

Literature Review ,References

Research Objective, Methodology

Research Activities & Milestones

Financial Budget

Financial Budget

RM2300 RM1800

Financial Budget

Financial Budget

Form Submission

Researchers Responsibilities

(1) To publish in 2 indexed journals (2) To give acknowledgement for FRGS grant in the

publication (3) To submit Progress Report by 15th Feb and 15th Aug

every year (4) Upon completing the project need to submit final report

within 3 months. Hard copy ( Hard cover ) and Soft copy (5) To return all equipments which have been purchased and

these equipments need to be treated as “Malaysian Government Asset”.

MyRA Requirements For Publications

Publications in Indexed Journals: 1). SCOPUS 2). WOS ( ISI Thomson Reuters) 3). Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) are also acceptable

MyRA Requirements For Publications

•Scopus is a bibliographicdatabase containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles. • It covers nearly 21,000 titles from over 5,000 publishers, of which 20,000 are peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences (including arts and humanities).[1] •It is owned by Elsevier .

MyRA Requirements For Publications

Web of Science (WoS) is an online subscription-based scientific citation indexing Owned by Thomson Reuters that provides a comprehensive citation search. History :

The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) was founded by Eugene Garfield in 1960. It was acquired by Thomson Scientific & Healthcare in 1992,[1] became known as Thomson ISI now is part of Thomson Reuters.

MyRA Requirements For Publications

Journals which are published by these publishers are NOT ACCEPTABLE: 1). Academic Journal (www.academicjournals.org) 2). Eurojournal (www.eurojournals.com) 3). CG Publishing (www.commongroundpublishing.com) 4). Africa World Press Inc (www.africaworldpressbooks.com)

MyRA Requirements For Publications

What Are Conference Proceedings? •Conferences are a major source of cutting edge research, particularly in science and engineering. •At conferences, researchers present papers on the research they are doing and obtain feedback from the audience. •The papers presented in the conference are then usually published in a volume called a conference proceeding.

MyRA Requirements For Publications

MyRA Requirements For Publications

Thank You